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  • Python Scripting [1C]: Scripting to copy map aerial layers 3

    So I spent a bit more time completing the script, which now looks like this: import glob import os import shutil import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET tree = ET.parse(‘/home/patrick/Sources/CopyFiles/Source/layers.qlr’) root = tree.getroot() for layer in root.iter(‘layer-tree-layer’):         sourcename = layer.get(‘name’)         print(“Layer: ” + sourcename)         sourcepath = “/home/patrick/Sources/CopyFiles/Source/” + sourcename + “.*”         #print(fpath)        …

  • Python Scripting [1B]: Scripting to copy map aerial layers 2

    So as I said at the end of the last post, I am learning to script in Python. Which is turning out to be breathtakingly simple and easy to do. I remember that I was going to do this script originally in Python then ended up doing it in Powershell. Why I did that at…

  • Python Scripting [1A]: Scripting to copy map aerial layers 1

    In my arsenal of computers I have one low spec one that still runs Windows. Even with all the stuff I have for Linux, there are still a handful of tasks that use Windows only software, although this has diminished to the point that this computer often doesn’t get turned on for weeks at a…

  • Scanning with Linux [2]: Epson Perfection V200 Photo scanner on Debian

    Last time I wrote about scanning I had done the installation on mainpc. So having a new post is because of reinstalling on mediapc and a few hiccups. The main thing I am writing about is Epson now gives you the wrong download package for the Perfection V200 Photo scanner for Linux. If you search…

  • Life with KDE [6]: Clean install serverpc/mediapc

    As I was writing in my last post, I am working hard to reinstall both mediapc and serverpc from scratch. In both cases I was hoping to resolve hibernation problems. Both computers now have new Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H boards in them so the outcomes should be identical. However on resuming serverpc which has just been reinstalled…

  • Computing resources optimisation [2G]: Reinstall serverpc and mediapc

    As we know when I upgraded everything last month I just put the disks back in with the new boards and just booted everything up and they just ran. I didn’t reinstall either of the two new ones that I currently have running, serverpc and mediapc. However as neither of these computers is able to…

  • Firefox Multi Account Containers vs User Profiles [3]

    After a bit of playing with a few settings I am returning to my expectation of multiple FF profiles to handle container isolation-like capabilities. The problem with containers is when you do need tracking information to be exchanged between Facebook and another site. With my WordPress blogs they are set to auto publish to a…

  • Firefox Multi Account Containers and Equivalents [2]

    OK I have managed to simplify this from yesterday. I now expect to have just single user profile in FF and do the following: Window 1 will be the one on the main screen of my PC and it will be the one that mainly I am using MACs. The MACs will be geared around…

  • Computing resources optimisation [2F]: Managing Disk Space Usage

    The completion of this computer upgrade project is close to finished. I do have to complete mounting the fourth computer, which is inching along at a glacial pace at the moment, and various small tasks. One of the important ones is that mainpc’s disks which have a total capacity of 1.8 TiB or 2 TB…

  • Firefox Multi Account Containers and Equivalents

    Since these days I now use Firefox as my main browser (partly to give the finger to Google for the data thieving Chrome browser), I need to have a look at how to access all my Gmail accounts in the same browser without having to log in and out of whichever account I am using…